Kyrgyzstan`s acting defence minister tenders resignation

BISHKEK, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - Acting Defence Minister of Kyrgyzstan
Ismail Isakov on Tuesday tendered his resignation. "I intend to take part
in the upcoming parliamentary election as a member of one of political
parties of the republic," Isakov told a news conference.
Earlier, several other politicians intending to take part in the
election stepped down. Among them was Vice Premier of Kyrgyzstan's interim
government, Omurbek Tekebayev, the leader of the republic's most popular
political party Ata- Meken (Fatherland).
Tekebayev resigned voluntarily to take part in the upcoming
parliamentary elections this autumn as a member of his party.
Isakov is also special representative of the government for the
settlement of the situation in southern Kyrgyzstan, where mass riots took
place in June. A total of 316 people were killed and over 2,000 were
injured as a result of clashes.
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